House Bill 220 – by Rep Michael Morley, R-Spanish Fork. – Civics Education Amendment. Plenty of talk about this one. See my blog post from yesterday. See Blog Post Here
House Bill 332 – by Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman – Utility Payment Assistance. He wants to eliminate the program utility companies have setup to help low income people pay for their gas and power. Essentially they are charging us $.10 a bill to help our neighbor. Mr. Wimmer hates this idea. Everyone should send a check to Mr. Wimmer for $1.20 to cover his share of the program. See Blog Post Here
House Bill 219 – by Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman – State Firearm Designation. WASTE! MESSAGE BILL! WASTE! Need I say more. See Blog Post Here
House Bill..Pretty much anything Rep. Wimmer. So far I am seeing nothing he is proposing will help education or job creation in the state of Utah. Okay he does have HB 191. It is kind of cool . It makes it so non-residents who go to high school in Utah for a certain number of years are able to get instate tuition. See Everything Here
Senate Bill 44 – by Sen. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem. She no longer likes people telling her what to do, so she will now tell them. See Blog Post Here
House Bill 258 – by Rep Chris Herrod, R-Provo. This is his second pathetic attempt and making booster seats optional for kids age 5-7. Failed in Committee! Why it shouldn’t pass, because this is stupid! According the Utah Dept. of Public Safety nearly half (41%) of unrestrained children in crashes were injured or killed compared to 13% of children in booster seats. I am going with the seat. That was an easy one, it didn’t pass.
These are just a few! I would love to hear your list or what you think about this. If you disagree, give me your opinion. I can be swayed if you can prove to me why these are good.
Enjoy
2 comments:
You've presented a false comparison: "nearly half (41%) of unrestrained children in crashes were injured or killed compared to 13% of children in booster seats." According to your language, you're comparing kids not in seatbelts to kids in booster seats. That's rather biased. What's the gain when comparing seatbelts to boosters?
Tom,
Thanks so much for the comment. I pulled the state word for word from the Utah Dept. of Public Safety:
here are their stats:
3,493 children age 4-7 years were passengers in vehicle crashes in Utah. 470 were injured, 3 were killed.
Unrestrained child occupants were almost 5 times more likely to be injured in a crash than children in booster seats.
Booster seat use increased 45% from 2007-09, after passage of the booster seat law.
Nearly half (41%) of unrestrained children in crashed were injured or killed compared to 13% of children in booster seats.
$928,000 was spent in Utah at hospitals and emergency departments to treat injuries to child occupants age 4-7 years in traffic crashes.
The estimated savings to society for each booster seat purchased is $1,854.
-Utah Dept. of Public Safety
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